{"id":486,"date":"2009-10-16T18:52:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T17:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2009-10-16T18:52:46","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T17:52:46","slug":"choose-a-job-you-love-and-you-will-never-have-to-work-a-day-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/10\/16\/choose-a-job-you-love-and-you-will-never-have-to-work-a-day-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confucius gave his career advice more than 2500 years ago, but truer words of wisdom have never been spoken. How many of us began our careers, not because of passion we felt for the vocation, but through the well-intended advice of parents, teachers, a college counselor, or just because the job was available when we needed it? We may have through at the start, &#8220;This first job is just a start, something temporary until I figure out what I really want to do&#8230;&#8221; Then, before you know it, 5 (or more) years have passed, you&#8217;re making pretty good money, and the thought of changing careers is a distant memory.  How many of us are truly passionate about what we do for a living? What does your temperament have to do with it? Are Idealists happier than, say, Rationals when it comes to career choice? What makes Idealists satisfied with their careers, and conversely, if they&#8217;re not currently satisified, what would help?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confucius gave his career advice more than 2500 years ago, but truer words of wisdom have never been spoken. How many of us began our careers, not because of passion we felt for the vocation, but through the well-intended advice of parents, teachers, a college counselor, or just because the job was available when we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/10\/16\/choose-a-job-you-love-and-you-will-never-have-to-work-a-day-in-your-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-7Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7205,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/03\/29\/benefit-sanctions-the-10-trivial-breaches-and-administrative-errors\/","url_meta":{"origin":486,"position":0},"title":"Benefit sanctions: the 10 trivial breaches and administrative errors","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"MPs\u2019 inquiry heard copious evidence of claimants being docked hundreds of pounds and pitched into financial crisis for often absurd reasons","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":82415,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/06\/16\/working-with-the-resources-that-you-have\/","url_meta":{"origin":486,"position":1},"title":"Working with the resources that you have","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 16, 2017","format":"aside","excerpt":"Today has been a bit rough mentally. \u00a0Often when I have been away for a little while I tend to get a bit depressed on returning home and very irritable \u00a0too. \u00a0If I could afford it perhaps I would just keep moving for ever. \u00a0The world and I are at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Careers advice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226-576x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226-576x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/20170530_201226-576x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8881,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/04\/27\/algorithms-are-like-invisible-judges-that-decide-our-fates\/","url_meta":{"origin":486,"position":2},"title":"Algorithms are like invisible judges that decide our fates","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Companies now use \u2018voice analysis\u2019 software to determine whether to hire us. 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